Office Director, Office of Post Market Assessment

Summary

This position is being filled under a stream-lined hiring authority, Title 21 of the United States Code (21 US Code 379d-3a) as amended by the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016, section 3072 and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, Section 3624. The candidate selected for this position will serve under a career or career-conditional appointment and be paid under the provisions of this authority. This position is being recruited based on the Title 21 Pay Table 4, Band G.

Duties

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• Provides executive leadership and direction to professional, technical, and support staff engaged in activities related to the planning, development, execution, and coordination of post market food chemical review and chemical contaminants programs.
• Assists the Director of the Office of Food Chemical Safety, Dietary Supplements and Innovation (OFCSDSI)and the Deputy Commissioner for the Human Foods Program (HFP) in the development and implementation of program goals.
• Principal liaison for developing and implementing nationwide programs for post-market review and safe use of food additives, contact substances, color additives, GRAS substances, biotechnology products, and prior sanctioned substances.
• Participates in top-level Program and Agency activities on cross-organizational policy matters impacting regulated industry, including biological, chemical, and toxicological food safety, contaminant action levels, and food additive safety.
• Serves as Agency representative or with OFCSDSI leadership in Congressional testimony, meetings with Congressional staff, other Federal agencies, regulated industry, and stakeholders.
• Represents FDA on national and international committees and professional meetings, making commitments and providing authoritative recommendations on policies, programs, and post-market evaluation of food ingredient safety.
• Serves as principal Agency liaison with industry, Federal, State, foreign, and other organizations on safety testing methodologies and protocol standards for evaluating food ingredient safety.
• Provides expert biological, chemical, and toxicological advice and regulatory guidance to Agency leadership, field directors, scientific personnel, industry, and governmental counterparts on post-market food safety assessments.
• Principal advisor to Office and Program Directors on program evaluation, resource deployment, organizational structure, staffing needs, recruitment, and budget recommendations to ensure effective and economical operations.
• Represents FDA in meetings with top-level officials, Congress, industry, foreign governments, and stakeholders to exchange information, discuss policy issues, present Agency positions, and make program decisions and commitments.
• Keeps Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner for Foods, and Office Directors informed of programs, resources, and considerations affecting planning, development, and management of post-market review processes for food ingredients.

Requirements

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Qualifications

In order to qualify for the Office Director, Office of Post Market Assessment position which falls under the 0401 occupational Series, you must meet the following requirements by 11:59 pm EST on 10/21/2026:

The candidate must meet the following qualifications for this Title 21 position:

1. Scientific, Technical, and/or Professional Fields
2. Qualified and Outstanding Candidates

a. Qualified applies to all candidates for Cures appointments. The FDA OTS will use the technical qualifications defined below as a baseline for comparing experience levels and other candidate attributes for relevant positions

b, Outstanding candidates can be defined by existing outstanding work experience, outstanding performance rating, or both.

Technical Requirements: Candidates do not need to provide narrative responses. However, the technical qualifications must be reflected within the candidate's two-page resume.

1. Demonstrated experience leading large, diverse programs and managing subordinate supervisors and teams effectively, with a track record of strategic decision-making and achieving business objectives.

2. Ability to communicate highly technical information clearly to staff at all organizational levels and varying expertise; builds strategic relationships and collaborates across boundaries to achieve common goals.

3. Identifies and analyzes complex problems, evaluates alternative solutions, and makes sound recommendations while navigating organizational and political realities.

4. Strong time management and organizational abilities to effectively prioritize work, lead end-to-end tasks for major projects and facilities, and move initiatives forward.

Desired Qualifications, it is desired that you have: A food and environmental law or advanced science degree.

This position is designated as an SES Equivalent position and is covered under the FDA Title 21 Executive Performance Management System and identified as a public filing position for ethics purposes.

While PHS Commissioned Corps Officers cannot hold a Title 21 position during their active service as PHS Officers, we welcome and encourage them to apply-their applications will receive full consideration. Please note that if selected, the Officer will need to end their Commissioned Corps appointment before being placed in the Title 21 position.

NOTE: Applicants must submit all relevant transcripts that demonstrate you possess the required education to meet the Basic Qualifications.

Supervisory Responsibilities The incumbent is delegated full authority to achieve group goals and objectives through the effective management of available resources. Performance and accomplishments are assessed primarily through work performance indicators, staff discussion, planning sessions, review of individual project outputs, and annual program review.

Leads in a proactive, customer-responsive manner consistent with Agency vision and values, effectively communicating program issues to external audiences. Ensures financial and managerial accountability by acting with prudence when executing fiduciary responsibilities. Demonstrates high integrity and adheres to the highest ethical standards of public service. Uses effective business practices including balanced measures of results, values, and invests in each employee; emphasizes empowerment and two-way communication. Takes a leadership role in advocating for and advancing the priorities of the Agency. Serves as a role model for leadership by encouraging teamwork and a collaborative approach. Timely notifies Agency officials of all significant actions and developments, including but not limited to those related to regulatory matters, legislative matters, budget matters, reports, initiatives, and events and ensures subordinate managers do the same.

Provides reasonable accommodations needed to best utilize qualified people with disabilities.

Education

Education Requirements:

A. Degree in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position

OR

B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0400/general-natural-resources-management-and-biological-sciences-series-0401/

Pay careful attention to the Qualifications and Education sections to identify vacancies where a transcript is required. Even if you hold a similar position or are a current employee, you are not exempt from transcript requirements.

TRANSCRIPTS (Required): Positions which are scientific or technical in nature often have very specific educational requirements. You must submit an official transcript, unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned. For information on where to submit transcripts, please see section under How To Apply.

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities, see the Foreign Education section below for additional requirements.

Electronic Transcript Caution: If you have obtained your transcripts electronically, the file might contain security measures that could prevent our application system from reading the file. Therefore, you should consider asking the institution to provide the file in a non-secured electronic format. Alternatively, you could scan or take a photo of the printed copy of the transcript. If your uploaded transcript cannot be read by our system, you may receive consideration and credit for the information we can access.

Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit the U.S. Department of Education website for Foreign Education Evaluation.

To be acceptable, the foreign credential evaluation must include/describe at a minimum, the following information: (1) The type of education received by the applicant; (2) The level of education in relation to the U.S. education system, and state that its comparability recommendations follow the general guidelines of the International Evaluation Standards Council; (3) The content of the applicant's educational program earned abroad, and the standard obtained; (4) The status of the awarding foreign school's recognition and legitimacy in its home country's education system; and (5) Any other information of interest such as what the evaluation service did to obtain this information, the qualifications of the evaluator, and any indications as to other problems such as forgery.

Note: Some positions require the completion of specific courses or a specified number of credit hours. Therefore, the foreign credential evaluation should provide information similar to that of an official transcript, to include a list of the courses taken, quarter and/or semester hours awarded, the cumulative grade point average (GPA), honors received, if any, date degree awarded.

Applicants can request an evaluation from a member organization of one of the two national associations of credential evaluation services listed below:

1. National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES)
2. Association of International Credentials Evaluators (AICE)

Credential evaluations are not free, and applicants are responsible for the cost of the selected service.

For more information about this requirement, please visit the U.S. Department of Education website for Foreign Education Evaluation.

Additional information

Additional Conditions of Employment:

• Pre-employment physical required: No
• Drug testing required: No
• License required:No
• Mobility agreement required: No
• Immunization required: No
• Bargaining Unit: No
• Telework eligible position: Telework is at the discretion of the supervisor.

• Financial disclosure statement, SF-278, required: Please be advised that this position is subject to FDA's prohibited financial interest regulation and may require the incumbent of this position to divest of certain financial interests. Applicants are advised to seek additional information on this requirement from the hiring official before accepting this position.You are advised to seek additional information on this requirement from the hiring official before accepting any job offers. For more information please visit